QUALCOMM Incorporated Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
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Capital Stock Share Repurchase Program (Details)

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Capital Stock Share Repurchase Program (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 27, 2020	Sep. 29, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Jul. 26, 2018
Share Repurchase Program [Line Items]
Authorized Amount				$ 30,000
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock	$ 2,450	$ 1,793	$ 22,580
Accelerated Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Share Repurchase Program [Line Items]
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock			$ 16,000
Stock repurchased and retired during the period, shares		69	178
Stock repurchased and retired during the period, value			$ 12,800
Unsettled Forward Contract Indexed to Issuers Stock classified within Stockholders Equity			$ 3,200
Accelerated Share Repurchase Program [Member] \| Cumulative to date
Share Repurchase Program [Line Items]
Stock repurchased and retired during the period, shares		247
Open Market Repurchases [Member]
Share Repurchase Program [Line Items]
Stock repurchased and retired during the period, shares	31	27	24
Stock repurchased and retired during the period, value	$ 2,400	$ 1,800	$ 1,400
$10B stock repurchase program announced May 9, 2018 [Member]
Share Repurchase Program [Line Items]
Remaining authorized amount	$ 4,600

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